Updated syllabus for October

AMERICAN LIT – OCTOBER 2013

MON., OCT. 7          Hand out Roots 1 list

                                    THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION

                                    Transitions and Conclusions

TUES., OCT. 8          “The Declaration of Independence,” Thomas Jefferson

                                    Thomas Paine, Common Sense, Chapter 1

WED., OCT. 9           Thomas Paine, Common Sense, Chapter 2

                                    "Republicanism," Wikipedia

                                    Setting up quotations

FRI., OCT. 11           Roots 1 quiz

                                    Famous Quotations

Excerpt from The Midwife's Revolt

MON., OCT. 14        Columbus Day         

                                   

TUES., OCT. 15        Abigail & John Adams Letters
                                     From Memoirs of a Revolutionary War Soldier: "Campaign of '79"
                                    
                                  

Hand out Roots 2 list

WED., OCT. 16         Benjamin Franklin essay "For those who would..."

                                   

THURS., OCT. 17     SALEM FIELD TRIP!

FRI., OCT. 18           Discuss Salem
                                    Discuss American Values

MON., OCT. 21          In-class essay on the Revolution. What were the values that the                                        Revolution espoused, based on the literature you have read?                                                             How do those values differ from Puritan values?

                                   

TUES., OCT. 22       Discuss essays
                                    New Unit: AMERICAN GOTHIC AND ROMANTICISM – Power point

                                    Hand out Roots 3 list

Edgar Allen Poe and the birth of the modern short story

                                    “The Single Effect”

                                    “The Masque of the Red Death”

                                   “The Tell-Tale Heart”

WED., OCT. 23         “Young Goodman Brown"

FRI., OCT.  25            "The Fall of the House of Usher"

                                      Roots 3 quiz

MON., OCT. 28          “Rappaccini’s Daughter”

TUES., OCT. 29        In-class essay on Poe and Hawthorne

                                    Idea for short story due

                                    Hand out Roots 4 list

                                   

WED., OCT. 30          Discuss in-class essay

                                    Outside Reading Presentations

THURS., OCT 31      Outside Reading Presentations